Author: Dale Devries
Western swing band to perform holiday concert July 4 in Demmer Recital Hall
Suwannee Swing Saloon, a Florida band that performs western swing, classic country, the blues and jazz, will perform a free, outdoor family concert Thursday, July 4, on the Ripon College campus. The concert is sponsored by Ripon College and is part of the Green Lake Festival of Music’s 40th anniversary season. The musicians include Wisconsin […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Music Performance.
Messitte article notes popularity in Italy of apparel featuring Bucks superstar
“Europeans love Giannis as much as we do,” an article written by President Zach Messitte, appeared in the online version of Milwaukee Magazine July 19. Messitte has been on sabbatical in Italy as he is researching a book about Americans playing basketball in Italy. In the article, he writes about how apparel featuring the Milwaukee […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Uncategorized.
Ripon College remembers Hall of Fame Athletic Director and Coach Julie Johnson
Julie Heinz Johnson, revered athletic director, legendary Red Hawks Women’s Basketball Coach, and beloved ambassador for Ripon College, passed away Thursday, June 13, in Ripon at the age of 53. Johnson arrived at Ripon College as a 24-year-old basketball coach and exercise science teacher in 1990, after serving as assistant women’s basketball coach for South […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Athletics News.
Rafael Francisco Salas will display work in Milwaukee exhibit
“Rafael Francisco Salas: For God and Country,” an exhibition of work by the Ripon College associate professor of art, will open with a reception from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 21, at Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee. The gallery is located at 207 E. Buffalo St., fifth floor, in the Historic Third Ward district. Salas also […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Drew Petersen ’94 elected president of UW System’s governing board
Drew Petersen ’94 of Middleton, Wisconsin, was elected president of the University of Wisconsin System’s governing board Friday, June 7. He will determine committee memberships, sign contracts and represent the Regents in front of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and the state Legislature during his one-year term. Petersen was appointed to the board by former Republican […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Tara LaChapell ’92 to speak at conference in Canada
Tara LaChapell ’92, executive director of informational technology, will be part of the panel “Women in Leadership: Driving a Culture of Inclusivity” June 25 at the ACUHO-I 2019 Conference & Expo in Toronto, Canada. More information can be read here.
Posted by Dale Devries in Uncategorized.
Zachary Morris ’02 earns $200,000 grant to help fund research
Ripon alumnus Dr. Zachary Morris ’02 recently received a prestigious scientific award of $200,000 to advance highly innovative research projects with implications for human health. The Greater Milwaukee Foundation presents the awards through its competitive and longstanding Shaw Scientist Program to early career faculty to advance highly innovative research projects with implications for human health. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
William C. Jordan ’69 receives honorary degree from Harvard
William C. Jordan ’69, the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard University. Jordan is a medieval historian. At Princeton, he also has been director of the Program in Medieval Studies, director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies and chair of the history […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
President Zach Messitte chairs panel in Florence, Italy, June 3
President Zach Messitte is chairing a panel in Florence, Italy, June 3. The panel will be held during the Robert Kennedy Human Rights Italy/Gonzaga University School of Law Conference on Freedom of Expression as a Human Right. More information can be found here.
Posted by Dale Devries in Uncategorized.
Ripon Summer Players performs radio drama adaptation
“Seven Keys to Baldpate,” a radio play adaptation, will be presented May 31 through June 2 at the Ripon Public Library. It is presented by Ripon Summer Players in its 23rd season and is sponsored by the Ripon College Department of Theatre and the Ripon Noon Kiwanis. The “mysterious melodramatic farce” is adapted from the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.
National security studies drew Stephanie Verbockel ’19 to Ripon College
Inspiration for a national security studies senior presentation came from a summer spent studying in Morocco for Stephanie Verbockel ’19 of Grand Chute, Wisconsin. “The Checkered Experience of Battling Islamist Terrorism: An American vs. MENA Response and How to Coordinate for Greater Success,” explored differences between American and MENA (Middle East-North African) region perspectives and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Rick Estberg ’75 publishes book about Cold War experiences in West Berlin
Rick Estberg ’75 of Severna Park, Maryland, recently published his first book, Berlin Daze: Tales of a Cold Warrior on the “Island of Freedom”. Estberg graduated from Ripon College with a degree in combined foreign language and earned his master’s degree in international relations from Boston University. Berlin Daze recounts the time Estberg worked as […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Eric Fels ’19 pursuing career in sports community outreach
A career goal of working in community outreach for a professional sports organization inspired the senior seminar research of Eric Fels ’19 of Hubertus, Wisconsin. Fels, who had a double major in exercise science-sports management and history and a minor in economics, examined the impact community outreach programs of National Basketball Association (NBA) teams has […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Research, Student.
Feminist philosophers focus of senior research
“Feminist Epistemology: Knowing Through Stories” was presented by Morgan Makar ’19 of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, as part of her Department of Philosophy senior seminar course. Makar had a double major in business management and philosophy and a minor in criminal justice. Her research was inspired by her own personal experience being a woman studying philosophy, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Research, Student.
Ripon College highlighted as being focused on politics and government
Ripon College is ranked the No. 2 school in Wisconsin focused on studies of political science and government, according to the website Collegefactual.com. “A university or college focused on your major means you are very likely to have great opportunities awaiting you after graduation,” the report states. “It’s difficult to beat Ripon College if you […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Rankings.
Ripon’s ROTC unit will commission five, celebrate 100 years
The Fox Valley Battalion of ROTC, of which the Ripon Red Hawks Company is a part, will hold its spring commissioning ceremony at 3 p.m., Friday, May 24, in the field house at Willmore Center. Graduated commissionees will be sworn in as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Those from Ripon College are Nathan Faucett […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student.
Mollie Oblinger to unveil new art installation May 25 in Milwaukee
A public art project by Mollie Oblinger, associate professor of art, will be unveiled May 25 along a newly created section of the Kinnickinnic River Trail in Milwaukee. An article about the project was published May 15 on the Urban Milwaukee website. Oblinger will attend the noon unveiling which will be held in conjunction with […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Lisa Mahnke ’92 takes on new role at Bicycle Therapeutics
Lisa Mahnke ’92 of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, was profiled in a release on the Associated Press Business Wire May 9, 2019. Mahnke has joined Bicycle Therapeutics as senior vice president and head of clinical. Bicycle Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide product platform. Mahnke […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon College helps recognize state teachers, including A.J. Zayia ’15
Ripon College and the Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education recently honored outstanding educators in the state. Anthony “A.J.” Zayia graduated from Ripon College in 2015. He majored in exercise science and minored in health. He is a physical education teacher at Northland Pines Middle and High School in Eagle River. Michael Schmitt is […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Alumni.
Ripon College presents awards to faculty, students
Faculty, staff and students of Ripon College were honored at the College’s annual Awards Convocation. Faculty honorees were: Faculty/Staff Mentor Award: Mary I. Unger, associate professor of English Senior Class Award: Mark S. Kainz, professor of biology and Catalyst curriculum director May Bumby Severy, Class of 1908, Award: John G. Dalziel, associate professor of theatre, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Student.